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Megalichthys
Extinct genus of fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Megalichthys is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Devonian and Carboniferous periods.[1] It is the type genus of the family Megalichthyidae. The type species is M. hibberti.[2] The species M. mullisoni, named for fossil preparator C Frederick Mullison, is known from the Catskill Formation of Pennsylvania.[3]
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Restoration of M. hibberti | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
Clade: | †Megalichthyiformes |
Family: | †Megalichthyidae |
Genus: | †Megalichthys Agassiz, 1839 |
Type species | |
Megalichthys hibberti Agassiz, 1839 | |
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